Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2016

Development of Transitional Economy under Economic Globalization: The case of Vietnam

Professor Nguyen Viet Khoi (Vietnam National University)

18:30-20:00, Thursday, July 28, 2016
Room 301, Building 10
Sophia University, Yotsuya Campus

After the breakup of Berlin wall in 1989, the Iron curtain disappeared and most of socialism
countries moved from subsidized economies to market economies. But those countries are not yet
market economies. Hence they are named as transitional economies. And thanks to economic
globalization, transitional countries moderately caught up with the rest of the world and quickly
learned how to use their competitive advantages more beneficially. As one of those transitional
economies, Vietnam practiced the economic globalization in a hard way. The presentation, therefore,
will discuss the relationship between economic globalization and Vietnam’s development in all of
possible directions.

Prof. Khoi’s research interests are global value chains, supply chains and the MNCs’ global
strategies. He has been teaching and doing research at Columbia University (USA), University of
Wisconsin (USA), Southern New Hampshire University (USA), and Hitotsubashi University (Japan). He
has received awards and grants including Fulbright (USA), ALFP (Japan), AEYLS (ASEM), MOET (Vietnam).
He is the author and co-author of books published by VNU Publishing House, including “Introduction
to Econometrics” (2016); “Global Value Chains of Transnational Corporations: A Practical Approach
from China’s Situation” (2013); “International Economics” (2010); and “Transnational
corporations: theories and practices” (2007). Prof. Khoi has been the keynote speaker at many
international conferences, seminars and workshops sponsored by APEC, UN, EU, and ASEAN.

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